Perry Fewell: From Genius, To Bum, And Back Again

plain and simple.

how smart a DC gets when his players get healthy again. I never really wavered myself. As I said before, I like spags, but I think we’re alright with PF. By the way, I haven’t seen any “KillDrive” references lately either. LOL

Canty, Linval, and Bernard have really stepped up (and made big plays) and allowed the rest of the D thrive.

-Taking up blockers to free up others to make the tackle.
-Re-establishing the line of scrimmage.
-Stopping the run and putting the other team in longer down and distance situations.
-Pressure up the middle during pass plays and collapsing the pocket and eliminating the QB an opportunity to escape from our talented DE pass rushers.

It’s a simple formula, but it is what was lacking IMO.

Keep it up!

just seen the post locker room clip . TC giving props to everyone after the win. when he said “Where going to GB”. players went nuts . Like , BRING IT !!!! nuts..

love NFL network !

and that he has finally learned how to adjust to the yearly injuries we have. I realy dont wanna have to see our guys learning a new defense again and going through “mental gymnastics” again

on the complicated zone matchup schemes that he tried for most of the season. Health is certainly part of it, but coaching is mostly about putting your players in the best chance to succeed, and the current system of 4-3 with the man/free coverage behind it is what’s working best, and quite frankly has worked best for many years.

Had to post this early before this read by Ed gets detected and swamped with the “Perry Must Go” crowd.

Could he really be a defensive genius? Osi’s quote? Have we been wrong all along?

He finally saw the light and realized this team is built to play an Aggressive attacking style D. Now whether Tommy Boy showed him the light or he figured it out on his own Radio is now a playing in Stereo.

I did a lot of perry bashing this year and I’m not quite ready to take it all back just yet, but….
I guess I’m almost ready. We need to hold the Pack to under 30 this time around and then I’ll believe.

Last time, we held them to 20. This time around, the pack’s offense is much more explosive and jennings is coming back. If we go in there with the defense looking good once again and hold their scoring to below blowout levels, then I’ll really believe in Radio and I’ll stop bitching.

This time around, lets get back there and get 600 pounds of beef falling right on top of rodgers. The blitz has to get there. And we have to stop the run and we need to run it right at them!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH…… ok ok i’m getting all worked up.

Almost perry, almost…cmon man…you can do it…call a monster game and I’ll take back every dirty name and every time i wanted you gone.

i just made a comment in the prior thread….that’s still coaching. I mean, after all it’s a personnel dicision

Bring pressure =genius
Drop DL into coverage = Bum

If Coughlin won a playoff game, he could get a contract extension. He got the job done. He’s earned a new deal.

If Fewell gets this defense to play well in this playoff run, I’ll have to change my opinion of him. Let’s see him against the Packers offense.

I saw Boley doing that “hand wave” in front of his face….but i think its meaning is much more simplified.

I think it basically means man up.

ALSO….

how about the PRE SNAP confusion the Giants were using?!?!

how many times did Ryan have to audible?

I loved that….

Giants Pre Snap work vs. Matt Ryan.

they didn’t give him a read on jack….they dictated what ATL would do….they didn’t “react” to it.

It looked to me like Chase Blackburn is the guy running to the line to pick up on the QBs audibles.

Is he the one making adjustments now? It looked to me like the majority of the time, he would come to the line to hear the audibles, and then get back in position WITHOUT making any changes to the defensive set.
If that’s the case, he was wise to not get too crazy with reaction changes and just trust in the game plan.

couple times i saw Boley and Webster talking to players behind them when the ball was being snapped

better beileve Arodg will make them pay for that

when he stops trying to scheme to protect his players… let them play fewell!!! let them play!!!!

not complaining, just surprised.

It was starting to get rough around here trying to defend Fewell.

Great Coordinator IMO.

I have to give Fewell some credit for the game he called last night…everything he called worked, so well done.

However I have a knock on him that it took until the Jets game basically to figure out that if he didnt simplify the rediculous coverage scheme in the secondary and simplify things, and get rid of the idea that a 3 man rush is a good use of the Giants personnel. Glad he got there eventually, but none of us know if it was genius Fewell who worked this out on his own, or if he was told…a really good coach should not take 14 games to figure that out.

Anyway, the Giants D is back to looking like Giants D should, and for that we are all happy.

What really pissed me off was Why in the world were people like ELI, Nicks, Cruz etc still in the game in the closing minutes of the game? We had the game wrapped up!
1. Why risk injury to your star players?
2. Why not get some reps for your 2nd and 3rd stringers?
Baffles me.

when Osi went through the lineman was epic. Great way to end the game and stopped Atlanta from getting a cheap score on the final drive.

Not sure how much credit the coaches get for that, but the only team I have watched that consistently wraps up on every tackle by every player is the Giants. Form tackling has almost completely disappeared from the NFL, except for our team. And in our team, it seems to be 100%. They might not always be in the right position, or maybe not always able to stop the play, but when the intersect with the ball carrier, the wrap and tackle technique seems to be always perfect.
Or am I just a homie?

The guy was hoping we lose so we can bring back Spags. I love Spags when he was here but what kind of a fan say something that stupid? Even It would give us a chance to give us a potential great player I still wouldn’t do it when you are in the playoffs.

I thought that guy isn’t a real fan.

there is alot to be said about this team.

They started the year a shell of an NFL team and spent the season bringing a bunch of guys up to speed. Rookie LB’s and the weekly throw away CB but as someone said real early on… “this could be a good thing”. and now it is.

All those scrub fill ins have now become the starters and are playing together as a team that actually understands what their responsibilities are.

Kudos for this go to Radio for working with what he was handed to work with and making a solid Defense out of it,

Coughlin for stickin by his guns and adjusting the game philosophies to hang enough points on the board to stay competitive throughout. I don’t think this point has been discussed enough but the Old man, whether it was his choice or not, really did change the philosophy behind a TC coached team. Known for ground and pound, and stout Def. This team has made it this far being anything but.

And Reese for giving them enough depth to rebuild on the fly.

Bravo guys, can’t wait to see what ya do next just as long as you’re wearing Giants gear while you do it.

Is there anyone named Ryan on the Packers?

The Giants should seriously consider keeping this guy around next year. He may not have the athletic ability, but his football smarts more than compensates.

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Coughlin said he’s not wearing ski mask on Sun to protect his face against cold. He jokes he scares enough people with "this mask" already.

Yikes !!

what happened with Aaron Ross

on pitching that shut out he promised!

So arrogant they think they’re going to roll us but easily forget the BS call that stole the game from us. I hope Fewell dials up a nasty defense and knocks Rodgers into retirement.